How To Install guake on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install guake on Debian 12.
What is guake
guake is:
Guake is a drop-down terminal for GNOME Desktop Environment, so you just need to press a key to invoke him, and press again to hide. Guake supports hotkeys, tabs, background transparent, etc.
There are three methods to install guake on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install guake Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install guake using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install guake
Install guake Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install guake using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install guake
Install guake Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install guake using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install guake
How To Uninstall guake on Debian 12
To uninstall only the guake package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove guake
Uninstall guake And Its Dependencies
To uninstall guake and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove guake
Remove guake Configurations and Data
To remove guake configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge guake
Remove guake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove guake configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guake
Dependencies
guake have the following dependencies:
- python3-setuptools-scm
- python3-cairo
- python3-yaml
- python3-gi-cairo
- python3-gi
- python3-dbus
- gir1.2-notify-0.7
- gir1.2-vte-2.91
- gir1.2-gtk-3.0
- gir1.2-keybinder-3.0
- gir1.2-glib-2.0
- gir1.2-pango-1.0
- gir1.2-wnck-3.0
- default-dbus-session-bus
- libglib2.0-bin
- libutempter0
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- python3-importlib-metadata
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install guake package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.